Māori Grammar

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What? - He aha?
What is it that they are wanting?
What is it that they are wanting?
He aha?

He aha asks "what?"

He aha tērā?
What is that (over there)

He aha tēnei mea?
What is this thing?

A question that is asked with he aha should be answered with a sentence that starts with he:

He aha tērā?
What is that?
He keke tēnei.
This is a cake. 

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He aha ēnā?
What are those (by you)?

He aha te kai kāore e pai ki a koe?
What food do you dislike?

He aha pirangi hei kaikai?
What do you want to eat?

He aha tēnei momo kai?
What type of food is this?

He aha te hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?

He aha Tawa?
What does Tawa have?

He aha te mahi a te kurī inanahi nei?
What is the dog doing now?

He aha te kaupapa o tēnei akoranga?
What's the subject of this lesson?

He aha tāu i tēnei ata?
What did you do this morning?

He aha tēnā haunga?
What's that smell?

He aha te ?
What is the time?

He aha mahi?
What is your job?

He aha tātou?
What do we want?

He aha te pukapuka pai hei pānui ngā tamariki?
What is a good book for the children to read?

He aha Mia e pīrangi ana?
What does Mia want?

He aha te mea pai ake?
What's better?

He aha te whakahoki tika?
What's the correct response?

He aha kei roto i te pēke?
What is inside the bag?

He aha te tina pai ki a koe?
What lunch do you like?

He aha ngā mea ngahau ki a koe?
What things do you find entertaining?

He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?

He aha te kaimoana pai ki a koe?
What seafood do you like?

He aha kei waho i te matapihi?
What's outside the window?

He aha ērā tikanga?
What are those customs?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti kākāriki?
What does the green light mean?

He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?

He aha te whakautu?
What's the answer.

He aha kōrua mahi i Pōneke?
What did you two get up to in Wellington?

He aha te o tama?
What's wrong with your son?

He aha te kupu Māori time?
What's the Māori word for time?

He aha koe?
What are you?

He aha taku kaupapa kōrero?
What is the theme of the conversation?

He aha hiahia?
What do you want?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?

He aha te tikanga o tēnā?
What does that mean?

He aha runga i tōhi?
What do you want on your toast?

He aha te hapa pai ki a koe?
What dinner is good to you?

He aha tērā?
What is that (over there)?

He aha Nikau e kōrero ana?
What is Nikau talking about?

He aha te kai pai ki a koe?
What is your favorite food?

He aha te tae o tōu whare?
What is the colour of your house?

He aha tēnei?
What is this?

He aha te parakuihi pai ki a koe?
What breakfast do you like?

He aha runga, e tai?
What do you want on it friend?

He aha te take tēnei?
What is the purpose of this?

He aha kei roto i ana ringaringa? He kiore?
What's that in his hands? A rat?

He aha ngā kōrero o te ?
What is the talk of the day?

He aha tāu tūnga i tēnei wa?
What is your role at the moment?

He aha te kupu Māori lollies?
What is the Māori word for lollies?

He aha tino kai?
What is your favourite food?

He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?

He aha te tae o tēnā?
What colour is that?

He aha tēnei ?
What day is it?

He aha pīrangi hei kai?
What do you want to eat?

He aha kei roto i te pouaka?
What is inside the box?

He aha te utu o tēnei āporo?
What's the price of this apple?

He aha tētehi pukapuka reo Māori kua pānui koe i tēnei wiki?
What Māori language book have you read this week?

He aha ngā mea papai ki a koe?
What do you like doing?

He aha te taima?
What is the time?

He aha te tae o ōna karu?
What colour are her eyes?

He aha te nama?
What's the number?

He aha ēnei?
What are these?

He aha ērā?
What are those (over there)?

He aha ō moemoeā?
What dreams did you have?

He aha ngā rongonga kōrero?
What are the things you've heard?

He aha runga i ō hēki kaurori?
What would you like on your scrambled eggs?

He aha tāu e pīrangi ana?
What is it that you want?

He aha te utu o tēnei kurī i roto i te matapihi o te toa?
What's the price of this dog in the shop window?

He aha?
What?

He aha te wāhi pai ki a koe?
What place do you like?

He aha ērā?
What are those (over there)?

He aha kei runga i te tēpu?
What's on the table?

He aha te kupu Māori hat?
What's the Māori word for hat.

He aha kei roto i te kāpata?
What's in the cupboard?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?

He aha te tae o tēnei?
What colour is this?

He aha te kupu Māori 'awesome'?
What's the Māori word for 'awesome'?

He aha tāna?
What does s/he have?

He aha te tāone pai ki a koe?
What town do you like?

He aha tēnā?
What is that?

He aha tōu ā te wāhanga tuarua?
What do you have period two?

He aha hiahia? He pāreti māu, he panakeke rānei e moko?
What do you want? Porridge or pancakes, grandchild?

He aha māu?
What would you like?

He aha tēnei?
What is this?

He aha ngā hākinakina pai ki a koe?
What sport do you like?

He aha te rahi o tēnei pane koti?
What size is this skirt?